Lamentations 3:38 Go deeper
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Out of the mouth of the most High proceedeth not evil and good? (KJV)
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מִפִּ֤יmi.Pifrom [the] mouth of
Lemma: פֶּה (peh) · Strong's: H6310G
Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)
Meaning: lip
Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 4:11, Genesis 8:11, Genesis 24:57, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 29:2, Genesis 29:3 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H6310G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 1
עֶלְיוֹן֙'el.yOn[the] Most High
Lemma: עֶלְיוֹן (el.yon) · Strong's: H5945B
Parsing: Adjective · Common · Masculine · Singular · Absolute (HAamsa)
Meaning: Most High
Used 25 times. Also: Numbers 24:16, Deuteronomy 32:8, 2 Samuel 22:14, Psalms 7:17, Psalms 9:2, Psalms 18:13 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H5945B; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 2
לֹ֣אlo'not
Lemma: לֹא (lo) · Strong's: H3808
Parsing: Particle · Negative (HTn)
Meaning: not
Used 5165 times. Also: Genesis 2:5, Genesis 2:17, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 2:25, Genesis 3:1 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3808; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 3
תֵצֵ֔אte.Tze'does it goes forth?
Lemma: יָצָא (ya.tsa) · Strong's: H3318G
Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Third · Feminine · Singular (HVqi3fs)
Meaning: to come out: come
Used 620 times. Also: Genesis 4:16, Genesis 8:7, Genesis 8:16, Genesis 8:18, Genesis 8:19, Genesis 9:10 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H3318G; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 4
הָרָע֖וֹתha.ra.'otthe troubles
Lemma: רָעָה (ra.ah) · Strong's: H7451C
Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Plural · Absolute (HNcfpa)
Meaning: distress: harm
Used 157 times. Also: Genesis 19:19, Genesis 26:29, Genesis 31:52, Exodus 32:12, Exodus 32:14, Numbers 11:15 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H7451C; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 5
וְהַטּֽוֹב\׃ve.ha.Tovand the good
Lemma: טוֹב (tov) · Strong's: H2896A
Parsing: Aamsa (Aamsa)
Meaning: pleasant
Used 384 times. Also: Genesis 1:31, Genesis 2:9, Genesis 2:12, Genesis 2:18, Genesis 3:5, Genesis 6:2 · All occurrences →
Source: TBESH H2896A; TAHOT Lamentations 3:38 word 6
How the BSB renders it
Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.
| Do not | → | לֹא H3808 not |
| both adversity | → | רָעָה H7451C distress: harm |
| and good | → | טוֹב H2896A pleasant |
| come | → | יָצָא H3318G to come out: come |
| from the mouth | → | פֶּה H6310G lip |
| of the Most High | → | עֶלְיוֹן H5945B Most High |
King James Version (KJV), public domain in the United States. Source
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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